‘Those of us past the games skirt years can still get the look by wearing one that skims the knee’

The first thing I think when I look at this picture of me in an A-line skirt
is “too old for it”. Unfortunately, I am not yet ready to subsume my legs
into the grey wasteland of middle age, so A-line skirts will still be a part
of my life this year, thank you. Just not without tights.

Or certainly not this short without tights. The short little A-line skirt was
a big catwalk presence for spring – black satin at Prada, yellow wool at
Michael Kors, hot pink patent at Versus and kingfisher blue at Victoria
Beckham, which you see